Sharks and Minnows is a dangerous game!
Today in physical education class we played this game. What it involves, is one person being the "shark" and standing in the middle of the gym. Everyone else is a "minnow" and lines up. They then run across the gym, attempting to reach the other end before the "shark" can tag them. If they are tagged, they become a "shark".
The only other time I have played this game has been with young children in swimming pools.
But today, we played it in our junior/senior P.E. class. We have a large class, so there was a lot of people. I collided with another "minnow" and fell. I skinned my knee on the gym floor. Anyone who has ever skinned their knee on a heavily varnished gym floor knows the pain I am in. It HURTS! I don't usually complain about my injuries, but this stings, it burns, it's red and gross.
And, I had to go to the school nurse.
I am afraid of school nurses. I always have been - ever since elementary school. I have been to the school nurse one time in my life previous to today. That was when I was really sick and ended up going home.
Today, I waited a period and then went with my friend to the nurse. She was nice. She gave me some non-stingy stuff to clean up my knee. Then she gave me some medicated goody Vaseline stuff to put on my knee. Then she gave me a band-aid. And then she gave me an ice pack. She was nice.
I am still afraid of school nurses. (They aren't even nurses! They're "health-aids". They just call themselves nurses!)

That was my trauma of the day.